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A 39-year-old Polish man has been found guilty of assaulting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in June, national broadcaster DR reported on Wednesday. The man could face four months in prison…

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One dead and several injured after hotel collapses in Germany

August 7, 2024

At least one person has died and several people have been injured after a hotel collapsed in the popular wine village of Kröv in western Germany overnight. There were 14…

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Thai court orders election-winning party to dissolve in major blow to kingdom’s popular progressive movement

August 7, 2024

A Thai court on Wednesday ordered the kingdom’s most popular political party to be disbanded, a verdict that delivers a major blow to a vibrant progressive movement and one that…

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Who is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate leader of Bangladesh’s interim government?

August 7, 2024

A Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poor” will aim to bring stability to Bangladesh after he answered a call by student protesters for him to temporarily lead…

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Hamas announces Yahya Sinwar as head of political bureau

August 6, 2024

Hamas announced Tuesday that its leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, will replace Ismail Haniyeh as the head of its political bureau, it said in a statement. The Hamas statement said…

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‘They tried to kill people:’ Rotherham residents despair after riot at hotel housing asylum seekers

August 6, 2024

Like many nondescript hotels in provincial cities around the UK, the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham has been used for years by the British government to house asylum seekers trapped…

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Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’

August 6, 2024

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said his group will respond to Israel “regardless of the consequences” to avenge the assassination of the group’s top commander a week ago, but keeping Israelis…

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Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’

August 6, 2024

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents until Israeli hostages are returned, but “no one in the world would…

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‘We shoot first, ask questions later’: Why some Israeli reservists refuse to go back to Gaza

August 6, 2024

Every day for two months, Michael Ofer Ziv spent hours watching grainy, black-and-white footage of the Gaza Strip from a tiny room across the border. As an operations commander, he…

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Bangladesh’s ‘Gen Z revolution’ toppled a veteran leader. Why did they hit the streets and what happens now?

August 6, 2024

Inside Bangladesh it’s being dubbed a Gen Z revolution – a protest movement that pitted mostly young student demonstrators against a 76-year-old leader who had dominated her nation for decades…

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Polish man found guilty of assaulting Danish prime minister

One dead and several injured after hotel collapses in Germany

Thai court orders election-winning party to dissolve in major blow to kingdom’s popular progressive movement

Who is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate leader of Bangladesh’s interim government?

Hamas announces Yahya Sinwar as head of political bureau

‘They tried to kill people:’ Rotherham residents despair after riot at hotel housing asylum seekers

Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’

Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’

‘We shoot first, ask questions later’: Why some Israeli reservists refuse to go back to Gaza

Bangladesh’s ‘Gen Z revolution’ toppled a veteran leader. Why did they hit the streets and what happens now?